Ironing-machine.



H. o. HAMILTGN.

y moNlNG MACHINE. APFLICATIDN FILED SEPT. 5. I9l3. RENEWED SEPT. l. 1915.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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IRONING MACHINE. APPucATloN min SEPT. s, raw. feanewsv saw. 1. 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHKET 2.

' Cook and State ED srarns ramena carica.

HENRY O. HAMILTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 DANDY IRONING CRANE CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISMA CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

To all vwhom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. HAMILTON, a. citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of of Illinois, .have invented useful Improvements in of which the following certain new and Ironing-Machlnes,

is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of ironing or pressing machines in which a heated smoothing-iron 1s supported by an overhanging track for movement by the operator in a horizontal plane over a table on 4which the garment to\ be pressed is spread. Andl the present improvement has for .its object to provide a simple, cheap and A eiclentstructural formation and combination of parts whereby the Dressing of a garment is attained in a ready and convenientI manner, and with which a convenient adjustment of the pressure or stress of the smoothing-iron upon the garment is provided, to suit the thickness, quality and nature of the garment, all as will herein-' after more fully appear. v

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a side elevation illustrating the general arrangement of parts in the preferred form of the present invention. Fig. 2, is a detail side elevation of the smoothing-iron carrier or support, with parts in section. Fig. 3,

1s a detail end elevation .partly sectionized of the lower oortion of said carrier and the smoothing-iron. Fig. 4, is an enlarged ydetail section of the latch-mechanism ofsaid carrier or support. Fig. 5, is a detail horizontal section on line aff-00, Fig. 1, showing the side support or bracket for the smoothing iron.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an` overhead track, supported at its ends by any usual means above an ironing table 2, preferably 'by means of braced end posts 3, as shown in Fig. 1.

4 is a movable hanger or carriage having track wheels 5, by which it has movable engagement with the track 1. or carriage is provided with a central tubular depending sleeve 6 forming the upper member of the hereinafter described carrier or support of the smoothing-iron.

7 is the intermediate member of said car- Specication of Letters Patent.

Said hanger'- Patented Apre, 1916.

\ Application led September 5, 1913, Serial No. 788,343. Renewed September 1, 1915. Serial No. 48,575.

10 is the main Imember of a latch mechavnism, secured to the lower end of the intermediate member 7 aforesaid. In the construction shown, said latch member 10 is formed with, vertically disposed guide orifices for the lower member of the support or carrier of the smoothing-iron, and with a vertically disposed fulcrum ilange or rib 11 for the rocking member of the latch mechanism.

12 is the vertically adjustable lower member'of the carrier or support above referred to. Said lower memberlr?, preferablyconsists of a round rod slidingly disposed in the aforesaid guide orifices lof the latch member 10, and adapted to be locked at any required vertical adjustment by the rocking ymember of the latch mechanism above referred to., and which in det-ail comprises a construction as follows: 13 is a rocking plate or member having a bearing or fulcrum on the flange u11 of the main latch lmember 10, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4. At one end said rocking member is curved to form an operating thumb piece 14, while near its other end it is formed with anobliquely disposed oritice 15, which encompasses the lower member or rod 12, and normally has binding engagement with the sides of said member or rod 12 to hold quired adjustment.

respective en dle portion of the yao . described adjustment `tween the yoke t i construction is adapted to permit a limited Q, 1,178,232 pending angle bracket having an upper 18 is inserted, to support the smoothinghorizontal member 19 attached at its free iron when not required foruse.

end to the lower end of the lower member Having thus fully 12 of the smoothing-iron carrier aforesaid, vention what I claim as new an and a vertical member 20 which in turn is secure by Letters Patent,'is: pivotally connected at its lower end to the 1. In an ironing ma ine, the combinacarrying frame of the smoothing-iron now tion of a horizontal overhead track, a carto be described. 24 is a laterally andhoririage movable on said track, a depending zontally disposed yoke or U shape frame,

member on said carriage, an intermediate attached by its respective end bars to` the vertical member yieldingly connected to said ds of the handle portion 22,

l `depending member, a lower vertical memof a smoothing iron 23, while its. middle ber connected-to said intermediate member portion is pivotally connected to the lower in a manner which permits extended vertical end of the vertically disposed portion `20,

adjustment between the parts, a latch mechof the angle bracket 18, aforesaid, by pivot anisxn4 disposed at the point of. connecpin 25 passing through the aforesaid midtion between the intermediate and lower yoke 24, through the lowmembers and adapted to lock the lower er end of the brace bar 26, and through a member at the required vertical adjustment, hasp-shape bar 25 secured to said yoke,

and a smoothing-iron pivotally connecte as illustrated in Figs. 2 and l3. The lower to the lower end of said lower vertical memend of the angle bracket 18 is disposed beber, substantially as set forth.

24 and the bar 25, and the 2. In an ironing machine, the combination of a horizontal overhead track, a carriage movable on said track, a depending member on said carriage, an intermediate vertical member yieldingly connected t0 saiddepending member, a latch mechanism carried at the lower end of said intermediate member and comprising 'a fixed latch member having guide orifices and a rocking oblique binding orifice,

` d in the described my said indesire to rocking 23 and its carrying frame, plane.

' With the described formation of the angle bracket 18 and carrying frame for the smoothing-iron, clearance around the handle of the smoothing iron is provided, so that the operator can conveniently hanmember having an dle the same in actual use.

26 is a brace bar attached at its upper end to the vertical member 20 of the angle-bracket 18, aforesaid,-and at its lower end is pivotally connected tothe U shape carryingl frame 24: of the smoothing-iron, its function being to resist the sagging tendency of the smoothing-iron and carrying frame due to the particular support of the parts above described.

In the present construction, the smoothing-iron 28 is supported above an ironing table 2, in a yielding manner which permits of its easy and convenient manipulation by the operator, and by means of the betweenthe members or rods 7 and 12, any required degree of vertical adjustment of the smoothing-iron can be attained to meet any and all ordinary requirements in the tailor trade. At the same time the described pivotal connections of the parts permit o a free horizontal movement of the smoothing-iron in all directions over the table and the garment supported thereon.

27 is a bracket support secured in a horizontal plane to one of the end posts 3 aforesaid, and comprising a pair of forkedbars or tines, as shown in Fig. 5, between which a the vertical member 20 of the angle bracket movement of the smoothing-iron in a lvertical a smoothing-iron pivotally connected the lower end of said lower member, substantially as set forth.

3. In an ironing machine, the combination of a horizontal overhead track', a carriage movable on said track, a depending member on said carriage, an intermediate said depending member, a latch mechanism carried at mediate member and comprising a fixe latch member having guide orifices and a rocking'member having an oblique binding orifice, a lower vertical member disposed in the aforesaid orifices of the latch members, anda smoothing-iron pivotally connected to the lower end of said lower memberI by a laterally disposed carrying frame affording clearance around the handle of the smoothing-iron, substantially as set forth. v

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 41th day of September 1913.

. HENRY vo. nAMiLroN.

' Witnesses:

Roiaiiirr` BURNS, HENRY' Mon.

vertical member yieldinglyx connected tothe lower end of said inter-v ioo 

